You may have heard certain influencers or celebrities raving about the skin care benefits of semen. Aside from doing little to help your complexion, it can also result in allergic reactions and sexually transmitted infections STIs. How it can help acne is also unknown. A common belief is that spermine — an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agent found in sperm and cells throughout the human body — can combat blemishes. Over-the-counter products containing salicylic acid or benzoyl peroxide are recommended for mild acne. Cystic acne , however, usually requires something a little stronger.
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By Hannah Sparks. May 3, am Updated May 3, pm. With over two decades in the beauty business, celebrity facialist Chelsee Lewis has tailored skin care treatments for celebs including Stella McCartney, Suki Waterhouse and even Goop beauty guru Gwyneth Paltrow to maintain their youthful visages over the years. Lewis tells the DailyMail semen is full of the compound spermine, an antioxidant which she claims helps reduce wrinkles, smooths skin and treats blemishes. Lewis also is a fan of another gory treatment: micro-needling.
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Women around the world have been using non-traditional methods to achieve beautiful skin, but none more unconventional than a beauty blogger and former glamour model who uses human sperm as a daily facial. Tracy Kiss, a year-old single mother of two from Wendover, Buckinghamshire in England is an avid user and promoter of seminal fluid in her everyday facial routine. The beauty blogger has posted countless photos of herself on her Instagram, Facebook and Twitter accounts showcasing her flawless peaches-and-cream complexion to the world to prove just how effective her unusual beauty regimen is. After trying countless over-the-counter and prescriptive remedies, including contemplating an acid facial peel, Tracy, who has written several e-books on health, fashion and fitness available on Amazon , decided to go the natural route instead, and having read about the use of human sperm as a healthy facial, decided to give it a try. Like on Facebook.
For generations, people have been going to extreme lengths to achieve younger-looking skin. From expensive lotions and potions to risky cosmetic surgery - it seems people will do anything to look young. Even smothering their face in sperm. No, you heard me correctly.